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Watson Kintner, a University of Pennsylvania graduate and a man of means, traveled to more than 30 nations between 1933 until
1969. On his travels Kintner avoided tourist destinations, instead recording the daily life among the peoples visited, as
well as sites of archaeological interest. Kintner took photography very seriously, and in the late 1960s and 1970s funded
weekend seminars for University of Pennsylvania Museum graduate students. Upon his death, Kintner left an endowment towards
various Museum activities and programs. Kintner’s travel records consist of three linear feet of journals, film notes, bills,
correspondence, and preparatory notes on the culture, geography and history of the countries he visited (and some that he
didn’t) between 1951 and 1969.

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Watson Kintner papers

creator

Kintner, Watson

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PU-Mu. 1147

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

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3 linear feet

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1933-1969

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Watson Kintner, a University of Pennsylvania graduate and a man of means, traveled to more than 30 nations between 1933 until
1969. On his travels Kintner avoided tourist destinations, instead recording the daily life among the peoples visited, as
well as sites of archaeological interest. Kintner took photography very seriously, and in the late 1960s and 1970s funded
weekend seminars for University of Pennsylvania Museum graduate students. Upon his death, Kintner left an endowment towards
various Museum activities and programs. Kintner’s travel records consist of three linear feet of journals, film notes, bills,
correspondence, and preparatory notes on the culture, geography and history of the countries he visited (and some that he
didn’t) between 1951 and 1969.

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1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

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English

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Kintner, Watson Kintner, Watson University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.